<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001012975-17-000575.txt : 20170802
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001012975-17-000575
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150720
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170802
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170802

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Hagan Stephen Michael
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001712603

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-08703
		FILM NUMBER:		17999654

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		THE DREYFUS CORPORATION
		STREET 2:		200 PARK AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10166

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DREYFUS HIGH YIELD STRATEGIES FUND
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001057861
		IRS NUMBER:				134001109
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0331

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 PARK AVENUE, 7TH FLOOR
		STREET 2:		THE DREYFUS CORPORATION
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10166
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2129226400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 PARK AVENUE
		STREET 2:		THE DREYFUS CORPORATION
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10166
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    <periodOfReport>2015-07-20</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerCik>0001057861</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>DREYFUS HIGH YIELD STRATEGIES FUND</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>DHF</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Hagan Stephen Michael</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O THE DREYFUS CORPORATION</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>200 PARK AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10166</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <otherText>Dir. of Invest. Oversight (1)</otherText>
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    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <remarks>(1) Mr. Hagan is the Director of Investment Oversight for The Dreyfus Corporation, the investment adviser of the Issuer.



Index of Exhibits: Exhibit 24.1 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Janna Manes, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2017-08-02</signatureDate>
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							      Exhibit 24.1

				POWER OF ATTORNEY

       KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose name appears
below nominates, constitutes and appoints Janna Manes and Kim Kaufman, and
each of them (with full power to act alone) his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, for his and on his behalf and in his place and
stead in any and all capacities to execute and submit to the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and
any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords
enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports
required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
("the "Exchange Act"), Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended (the "1940 Act"), or any other applicable rule or regulation of the
SEC, and to execute any and all filings on Form 3 (Initial Statement of
Beneficial Ownership of Securities), Form 4 (Statement of Changes in
Beneficial Ownership of Securities) or Form 5 (Annual Statement of Changes in
Beneficial Ownership of Securities) pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Exchange
Act and Section 30(h) of the 1940 Act ("Form 3, Form 4 and Form 5 Filings")
with respect to changes of beneficial ownership of securities of the funds
listed on Schedule A (collectively, the "Funds"), and to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, The New York Stock Exchange and the Funds
such Form 3, Form 4 and Form 5 Filings, granting unto said attorney, full
power and authority to do and perform certain acts and things requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned himself might or could do.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 31st
day of July 2017.


/s/ Stephen Michael Hagan
-----------------------------------
Name:  Stephen Michael Hagan
Title:  Director of Investment Oversight, The Dreyfus Corporation





		SCHEDULE A
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Dreyfus High Yield Strategies Fund
Dreyfus Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc.
Dreyfus Municipal Income, Inc.
Dreyfus Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
Dreyfus Strategic Municipals, Inc.

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